DHS Ends Protections for 532,000 Migrants

The Department of Homeland Security declared that it will eliminate legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans, putting them at risk of potential deportation in approximately one month. The directive affects approximately 532,000 individuals from the four nations who entered the United States since October 2022. They came with financial backers and received two-year permits for residence and employment in the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated that they will forfeit their legal status on April 24, or 30 days post the notice’s publication in the Federal Register. The revised policy affects individuals currently in the U.S. who arrived through the humanitarian parole program. DHS stated that parolees lacking a legal reason to remain in the U.S. “must leave” prior to their parole end date. The federal courts have already been challenged by the administration’s decision. 

Source: npr